Class Environment

Lowcountry Leadership Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Down from 44.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.8 Up from 40.9
Teacher attendance rate 96.9 Down from 97.9
Average teacher salary $42,704 Up from $39,564
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 63.4 Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.8 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.4 Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 93.8 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Up from 18.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 32.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 20.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.